Crawley Town vs Cambridge United match preview: Even contest expected at The People's Pension Stadium

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The People's Pension Stadium (30750 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Crawley Town have their presumed home advantage while Cambridge United are ahead 6 points in the League Two table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Crawley and Cambridge United.

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Crawley Town form and stats

Crawley Town, who have the most scored goals (10) at home in League Two, have collected 10 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-1-0. Crawley Town has recorded two wins in a row here at The People's Pension Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Crawley supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tranmere Rovers in League Two and win 4-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Salford City that finished 1-1.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Crawley played a great game against Tranmere Rovers and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

This is expected to be a close game, with Crawley Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Crawley Town as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Crawley has won nine of these, drawn four and lost two.

The manager J. Yems will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Walsall in only three days.

Crawley Town are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at The People's Pension Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 10 goals in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Crawley have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Cambridge United form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (21) in League Two, are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Cambridge United has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Cambridge play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Walsall (placed 14th). A draw for Cambridge before that, at their own venue hosting Bolton Wanderers (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Cambridge United in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cambridge United, three draws and seven defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cambridge are hosting Salford City in the League Two only three days away.

The Cambridge manager M. Bonner has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 4 league matches away. Cambridge's manager M. Bonner has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Crawley victories, zero draws and six Cambridge United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cambridge UnitedP. Mullin
P. Mullin
11 goals
Cambridge UnitedJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
4 goals
CrawleyG. Francomb
G. Francomb
3 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Crawley Town Cambridge United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 4 9
4 3 0 Won W 2 3 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
15 10 0 Scored S 7 12 21
10 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
89% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
44% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 56%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 22%
44% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 56%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
90 45 0 Total Shots T S 32 72 117
35 17 0 Shots on Target S O 14 27 41
43% 59% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 51%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Cambridge United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cambridge United has the fewest conceded goals (5) in League Two
  • Cambridge United has the most scored goals (12) away in League Two
  • Cambridge United has the most scored goals (21) in League Two
  • Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+10) away in League Two
  • Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+16) in League Two
  • Cambridge United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cambridge United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Crawley Town has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in League Two
  • Crawley Town has the most scored goals (10) at home in League Two
  • Crawley Town has the the best goal difference (+9) at home in League Two
  • Crawley Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crawley Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Crawley Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Crawley Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Newport County 9 7 1 1 15 6 4 4 0 0 7 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 9 22
2 Cambridge United 9 6 2 1 21 5 5 3 2 0 9 3 4 3 0 1 12 2 16 20
3 Forest Green Rovers 9 5 3 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 5 3 1 1 7 3 6 18
4 Carlisle United 9 5 2 2 12 9 4 4 0 0 9 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 3 17
5 Cheltenham Town 9 5 1 3 13 7 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 3 0 1 8 2 6 16
6 Exeter City 9 4 4 1 14 10 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 1 4 0 7 6 4 16
7 Port Vale 9 5 1 3 10 7 5 3 1 1 5 2 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 16
8 Harrogate Town 9 4 3 2 12 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 3 1 1 8 3 5 15
9 Crawley Town 9 4 2 3 15 10 4 3 1 0 10 1 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 14
10 Salford City 8 3 4 1 13 6 5 1 4 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 5 1 7 13
11 Colchester United 9 3 4 2 13 11 4 3 1 0 8 4 5 0 3 2 5 7 2 13
12 Morecambe 9 4 1 4 11 19 4 1 1 2 3 8 5 3 0 2 8 11 -8 13
13 Leyton Orient 9 3 3 3 11 11 4 0 2 2 5 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 0 12
14 Walsall 9 2 6 1 10 10 5 2 2 1 4 4 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 12
15 Bradford City 8 2 3 3 8 10 5 1 2 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 -2 9
16 Bolton Wanderers 9 2 3 4 8 12 5 1 1 3 2 5 4 1 2 1 6 7 -4 9
17 Tranmere Rovers 9 2 3 4 6 11 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 0 3 2 2 7 -5 9
18 Barrow 9 1 5 3 13 14 5 0 5 0 8 8 4 1 0 3 5 6 -1 8
19 Grimsby Town 8 2 2 4 8 12 3 0 1 2 2 7 5 2 1 2 6 5 -4 8
20 Oldham Athletic 9 2 2 5 13 18 5 0 1 4 6 10 4 2 1 1 7 8 -5 8
21 Stevenage 9 1 3 5 5 8 4 1 0 3 3 4 5 0 3 2 2 4 -3 6
22 Mansfield Town 9 0 5 4 8 14 5 0 2 3 4 9 4 0 3 1 4 5 -6 5
23 Scunthorpe United 8 1 1 6 4 17 4 1 1 2 3 10 4 0 0 4 1 7 -13 4
24 Southend United 9 0 2 7 5 20 5 0 1 4 4 12 4 0 1 3 1 8 -15 2

Read more about League Two

The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.